# Making multi level index?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/making-multi-level-index/8077>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 13, 2012, 10:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/making-multi-level-index/8077 "2012-06-13T10:08:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Saurabh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Saurabh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saurabh)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 10:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/making-multi-level-index/8077/1 "2012-06-13T10:08:00Z")

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how to make multi level index using java API . i need to make a index that  
looks like  
(example)

{  
"tweet" : {  
"properties" : {  
"message" : {"type" : "string", "store" : "yes"}  
}  
}  
}  
How to do this using _JAVA API_.

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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/making-multi-level-index/8077/2 "2012-06-14T21:30:01Z")

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What do you mean by multi level index? What you posted is mappings.

On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Saurabh [saurabh.k1510@gmail.com](mailto:saurabh.k1510@gmail.com) wrote:

> how to make multi level index using java API . i need to make a index that  
> looks like  
> (example)
> 
> {
> 
> ```
> "tweet" : {
> "properties" : {
> "message" : {"type" : "string", "store" : "yes"}
> }
> }
> 
> ```
> 
> }  
> How to do this using _JAVA API_.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/making-multi-level-index/8077/3 "2017-07-06T03:24:06Z")

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